[ARCHIVED NEWS RELEASE]
10-11-2019
LeTourneau University freshman mathematics and applied statistics major Ti’Erra Lee of Montgomery, Alabama, has been selected to receive a $3,000 United Parcel Service Foundation scholarship provided by the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT) Foundation and its national partner, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC).
At the national level, CIC teams up with the UPS Foundation to distribute funding of the UPS Scholarship. Through this program this year, the ICUT Foundation awarded $120,000 in UPS Scholarships to 40 low-income students at private institutions across Texas.
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association of over 700 nonprofit independent colleges and universities and higher education affiliates and organizations that has worked since 1956 to support college and university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance public understanding of private higher education’s contributions to society.
CIC is the major national organization focused on providing services to leaders of independent colleges and universities as well as conferences, seminars, and other programs to help institutions improve educational quality, administrative and financial performance, and institutional visibility. Conducting the largest annual conferences of college and university presidents and chief academic officers, the CIC also provides support to state associations that organize programs and generate contributions for their member colleges and universities, including the ICUT Foundation. The Council is headquartered at One Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.cic.edu.
LeTourneau University is the Christian polytechnic university in the nation where educators engage students to nurture Christian virtue, develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, integrate faith and work, and serve the local and global community. LETU offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a range of disciplines and delivery models at LETU’s residential campus in Longview, Texas, hybrid options at centers in the Dallas and Houston areas and fully online programs. For additional information, visit www.letu.edu.
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